HRC would have been a great president...but she's never going to run again.

[Ken Burch]

52. Of course not. I never said not to bring those up. Not once.

It's just that it doesn't do us any good to act as if those factors were the ONLY reasons we had the results we had.

And that we can't win next time just by saying "we only lost the EC because of Comey and the Russians". There are almost no voters that will swing to us from the Right or nonvoters who will become voters just because of those two factors.

The main things I'd change for next time would be

1) Avoid an ad campaign based mostly on attacking Trump-instead, focus ads and social media almost exclusively on what we have to offer, and making sure voters know what is in the platform. This campaign proved that negative ads can never work against Trump.

2) If there is a runner-up who made a strong showing, do ads that reach out to that candidate's supporters and validate their work in the primary, emphasizing that voting for the nominee is the best way to work for what they fought for in the spring. That isn't about pandering to those who say "give me a reason to vote", its about not treating the people who supported the runner-up as though they were nothing but losers who should just shut up and get in line. What's the harm in treating all the voters we need with respect, rather than just demanding their votes? Who or what is harmed?

3) Get the nominee personally to every state where the margin between candidates is 5% or less-EVEN if its a state where we're in the lead-as opposed to taking the candidate to states where we've never won.

You are right that we had a lot to offer and that the choice was clear. All I've done there is to suggest more effective ways we could communicate that in the future. Do you actually disagree with anything I've suggested above?